title: Resuscitation of hospitalized patients.
abstract: Effects of in-hospital resuscitations performed by a trained resuscitation team were studied over a 20-month period during which 1653 deaths were registered. Resuscitative attempts were made in 61 patients with a mean age of 71 years (range 0-86 years). The underlying disease was ischaemic heart disease in 38 cases and most arrests occurred in general wards. Twenty-one patients were initially resuscitated; 12, however, died after an average of 3.2 days while still in hospital. Nine patients were discharged and seven are still alive after two and a half years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Karolinska Institute, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jakobsson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dahlqvist
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rehnqvist
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D012151:Resuscitation; D013548:Sweden; D013997:Time Factors